After all, no one plans an outing there, or views it with the giddy anticipation of a day at the beach. Nor is the atmosphere of controlled chaos, punctuated by the fear of the unknown and the ever-present specter of serious injury or death likely to put even the most sanguine mind at ease.

Imagine then how all this must look from a kid’s point of view, clutching to a parent’s worried hand as the wheels of modern medicine grind on all around him.

That is why the unveiling of the new 18-bed pediatric emergency room was greeted with such delight by those who know just how scary modern medicine can be to a pair of pint-sized eyes.

The emergency room, part of the new $45 million Sadowsky Family Pediatric Emergency Department at Baystate Children’s Hospital in Springfield, promises the most up-to-date emergency room care in an atmosphere that looks more like Sesame Street than Gray’s Anatomy.

From the brightly colored lights that dance on the ceiling of the X-ray room to the kid-sized commodes in the rest rooms, the aim of the new emergency room is to lower the stress factor for parents and up the wow factor for the kids .

Maybe an emergency room will never top Disney World as the place where kids beg their parents to take them. But it’s nice to know that when a trip to the emergency room is needed, the journey will be as stress-free as possible.